Daniela Soledade, who plays Coachman Park in Clearwater, Florida on Oct. 22, 2023. Credit: Photo by Nate Najar

Every year without fail, there is a contingent of online commenters who moan and groan about the Clearwater Jazz Holiday lineup, which mixes in Americana, blues and R&B more often than not. A Sunday afternoon affair should get that peanut gallery to, well, shut the fuck up for a day.

For this slate of music ahead of closing festivities, the nonprofit music festival has assembled some of Tampa Bay’s best working jazz musicians—including Brazilian songwriter Daniela Soledade, Berklee-grad and saxophonist Trace Zacur, plus neuroscientist-pianist John O’Leary—to join Ghost-Note (a band led by Snarky Puppy percussionists Robert “Sput” Searight and Nate Werth) and Jazz Holiday’s youth band for nine free performances across three different stages in Coachman Park and downtown Clearwater’s Station Square.

And if you need additional reason to love Clearwater Jazz Holiday, the festival has a run of free concerts happening on Saturday, too.

Tickets to see Daniela Soledade & Nate Najar Quartet, Ghost-Note, John O’Leary, Trace Zacur & Friends, and more play Coachman Park and downtown Clearwater’s Station Square on Sunday, Oct. 22 are free.